Re: [PATCH nfs-utils v2 4/4] rpcctl: Add support for `rpcctl switch add-xprt`

[Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>]

On 1/27/25 4:50 PM, Anna Schumaker wrote:
> From: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@oracle.com>
> 
> This is used to add an xprt to the switch at runtime.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@oracle.com>
> ---
>   tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.man |  4 ++++
>   tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.py  | 11 +++++++++++
>   2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.man b/tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.man
> index b87ba0df41c0..2ee168c8f3c5 100644
> --- a/tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.man
> +++ b/tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.man
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ rpcctl \- Displays SunRPC connection information
>   .BR "rpcctl client show " "\fR[ \fB\-h \f| \fB\-\-help \fR] [ \fIXPRT \fR]"
>   .P
>   .BR "rpcctl switch" " \fR[ \fB\-h \fR| \fB\-\-help \fR] { \fBset \fR| \fBshow \fR}"
> +.BR "rpcctl switch add-xprt" " \fR[ \fB\-h \fR| \fB\-\-help \fR] [ \fISWITCH \fR]"
>   .BR "rpcctl switch set" " \fR[ \fB\-h \fR| \fB\-\-help \fR] \fISWITCH \fBdstaddr \fINEWADDR"
>   .BR "rpcctl switch show" " \fR[ \fB\-h \fR| \fB\-\-help \fR] [ \fISWITCH \fR]"
>   .P
> @@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ Show detailed information about the RPC clients on this system.
>   If \fICLIENT \fRwas provided, then only show information about a single RPC client.
>   .P
>   .SS rpcctl switch \fR- \fBCommands operating on groups of transports
> +.IP "\fBadd-xprt \fISWITCH"
> +Add an aditional transport to the \fISWITCH\fR.
> +Note that the new transport will take its values from the "main" transport.
>   .IP "\fBset \fISWITCH \fBdstaddr \fINEWADDR"
>   Change the destination address of all transports in the \fISWITCH \fRto \fINEWADDR\fR.
>   \fINEWADDR \fRcan be an IP address, DNS name, or anything else resolvable by \fBgethostbyname\fR(3).
> diff --git a/tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.py b/tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.py
> index 130f245a64e8..29ae7d26f50e 100755
> --- a/tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.py
> +++ b/tools/rpcctl/rpcctl.py
> @@ -213,6 +213,12 @@ class XprtSwitch:
>           parser.set_defaults(func=XprtSwitch.show, switch=None)
>           subparser = parser.add_subparsers()
>   
> +        add = subparser.add_parser("add-xprt",
> +                                   help="Add an xprt to the switch")
> +        add.add_argument("switch", metavar="SWITCH", nargs=1,
> +                         help="Name of a specific xprt switch to modify")
> +        add.set_defaults(func=XprtSwitch.add_xprt)
> +
>           show = subparser.add_parser("show", help="Show xprt switches")
>           show.add_argument("switch", metavar="SWITCH", nargs='?',
>                             help="Name of a specific switch to show")
> @@ -236,6 +242,11 @@ class XprtSwitch:
>               return [XprtSwitch(xprt_switches / name)]
>           return [XprtSwitch(f) for f in sorted(xprt_switches.iterdir())]
>   
> +    def add_xprt(args):
> +        """Handle the `rpcctl switch add-xprt` command."""
> +        for switch in XprtSwitch.get_by_name(args.switch[0]):
> +            write_sysfs_file(switch.path / "add_xprt", "1")
> +
>       def show(args):
>           """Handle the `rpcctl switch show` command."""
>           for switch in XprtSwitch.get_by_name(args.switch):
Question... is this support needed by a kernel patch? if so is
it in a public kernel?

steved.